Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia in D
The Fantasia in D, written on folio 25 of manuscript Am.B 340 is again an anonymous work. It is again an Echo Fantasia and has many similarities with the preceding one. I am inclined...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Warum betrübst du dich mein Herz (LV 52)
Zachow’s prelude to “Warum betrübst du dich mein Herz” (LV 52) consists of two seperate movenements in manuscript Mus ms 40037. In the catalogue of Zachow’s compositions they are listed under the same entry,...
Wilhelm Karges, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelick, Fantasia in D (after SwWV 260)
Karges was familiar with the compositions of Sweelinck through Andreas Düben (1597 – 1662). Düben was a pupil of Sweelinck in Amsterdam from 1614 to 1620. And when Düben became organist of the German...
Bach and Kuhnau, Erbarm dich mein (BWV 721) and Il tremore degl’Israliti
One of the most unusual compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, perhaps you might even call it unique, as it is literally one of a kind is the choral prelude to the choral “Erbarm dich...
Rudolf Löw, Der Tag der ist so freudenreich
The Sächsische Landes- und Universitätsbibliothek in Dresden posesses a manuscript of 12 organ compositions by Rudolf Löw’s hand. It is his opus 1, which he dedicated to his teacher Carl Ferdinand Becker. Löw mostly...
Heinrich Scheidemann, Wilhelm Karges, Fantasia in D, WV 83
Karges includes in his manuscript (AM B 340, owned by the Staatbibliothek Berlin) at least three works composed by Heinrich Scheidemann. One of those three appears without Scheidemann’s initials in this manuscript, but is...
Gottfried Kirchhoff, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten
The prelude to “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten” is already the third of the 7 choral preludes by Kirchhoff’s hand I intend to publish. Kirchhoff gave it the form of an organ...
Wilhelm Karges, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Fantasia in D
In manuscript Am. B. 340 Karges writes “J.P.” below the the title of this composition. And in this case it is certain that he means Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, as this piece is based on...
Gottfried Kirchhoff, Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht
The prelude to “Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht” is the second of the 7 choral preludes by Kirchhoff’s hand I intend to publish. Technically it is not a difficult composition to play. It does...
Wilhelm Karges, Heinrich Scheideman, Fantasia in G (after Scheidemann’s Canzona WV 74)
Even though Karges writes no initials below the title, the Fantasia in G is an adaptation of Scheidemann’s Canzona, WV 74. Karges does not introduce new elements in the composition, he just makes it...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Jesaia dem Propheten das geschah (LV 48)
Zachow’s choral prelude to “Jesaia dem Propheten das geschah” consistst of three different movements. The first of these has no direct relation to the choral and is probably just an introduction to what follows....
Wilhelm Karges, J.P., Capricio in A
Manuscript Am.B. 340 was presumably written by Wilhelm Karges. As was usual in those days composers were indicated with their initials rather than there full names. Or were not indicated at all. If Karges...
Gottfried Kirchhoff, Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott
Gottfried Kirchhoff (1686 – 1746) was a German organist and composer. He was born in MÜhlbeck and got his musical training from Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow. Along with Händel, Kirchhoff was one of Zachow’s most...
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott (LV 15)
Zachow wrote a four part fugato on the first phrase of the chorale melody of “Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott”. Though each voice plays the fugato theme two or three times, the four...
Wilhelm Karges, F.S., Capricio in D
Manuscript Am.B. 340 was presumably written by Wilhelm Karges. As was usual in those days composers were indicated with their initials rather than there full names. Or were not indicated at all. If Karges...